Documenting the Crisis

What do you get when you combine cutting edge imagery and data analysis? You get a game-changing project that uses technological innovations document, deter, and seek accountability for war criminals and mass atrocities.

SSP seeks to hold perpatrators of alleged mass atrocities accountable by documenting human rights crimes as they develop and unfold.

In other cases, SSP has notified the world of heinous crimes that would go otherwise undocumented and unreported. DigitalGlobe imagery supports evidence of alleged mass graves, razed villages, and forced displacement. SSP shines a spotlight on the atrocities committed in Sudan and lets alleged perpetrators know that the world is watching.

SSP's reports containing high resolution imagery are available to everyone, from journalists to the International Criminal Court. SSP's reports have been used as evidence in the International Crimal Court investigation of recent alleged crimes in Sudan.

“The Satellite Sentinel Project is a clear example of how technology transforms the way we think about and prepare for crises. In the hands of well-trained and experienced analysts guided by humanitarian principles, satellite technology provides a potent new way of ensuring that the world witnesses threats to civilians.” – Michael Van Rooyen, Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Who We Are and What We Do

The Satellite Sentinel Project, or SSP, a partnership between the Enough Project and DigitalGlobe, conducts monitoring of both Sudan and South Sudan to assess the human security situation, identify potential threats to civilians, and detect, deter and document war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Enough Project provides field research, policy context, and communications strategy. DigitalGlobe provides imagery from its constellation of satellites and geospatial analysis from the DigitalGlobe Analysis Center. SSP is funded primarily by Not On Our Watch.